Stovepipe-end lock.



A. 0. SMITH.

STOVEPIPB END LOCK.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 8, 1911.

,LQMAMQ Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

Alkerfi U. Smiilb I'm/Wm "this it i it ALBERT U. SMITH, 01" MOGCASIN, ILLINOIS.

STGVEPIPE-ENID LOCK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28,1913.

Application filectfl'ul'y 8, 1911. Serial No. 637,4A5.

To 072 i072 0m it in my concern Be it known that I, Arlen-in (l. f-hnrin a i residing [it 5 citizen of the United Sl'utes.

h'loceasin. in the county of l ltl'inghznn and State ofiliinois. have invented i'iew and useful improvements Locks ot which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to stove pipe locks and has particular z'ipplicat'ioi'i to certain novel and usetui iinpnivenients in stove pipe end locks for (-(nnieeting the ends of struight. pipe. sections, elbows and the like.

in the present instance it is my purpose to provide it term of stove pipe end lock 'wlierehv the adjacent ends of two pipe HQt" tions may he quickly and securely joined together so that in addition to saving time I and labor ordinarily incident to riveting the sections together, i. provide :1 construction which will hold the pipes against accidental sei'mrntion or disconnection.

Still a irn-ther object of the invention is to provide a stove pipe end ioel:v by means of which the sections may he readily eonnected by one person, and it is furthermy a tin, to provide it stove pipe connection e1nliod viug the desired features of durability and strength.

siinpl ieity iiitzh the shove recited objects and others ot' a similar nature in View, my invention ronsists in the eonstruotion eonibinatimi and armngement of parts set forth in and fortning the scope of the appended claim.

in the oeooinpanying drawinpsr Figure 1 is :1 view in elevation ol" two pipe sections by my improved loelc. 1

oined or connected Fig. 2 is :1 detail longitudinal section of the stove pipe loch showing the ineinhcrs eon- :in-eteil tiogctl'ier. Fig. 3 is it detail view in elevation of one of the sections lowing" a. imyonet slot {ind the lug theretor. similar view of the pipe.

Referring now to the accompanying draw tug, in detail; the numeral 1 .iiltili'fttl't-ES one ot the sections so vtion z.

in Stovepiptwilnd Fig. i adjacent stit'tlt ll or the Q ol pipe adapted to have its end inserted within and joined to the adjacent 3 At. an appropriate point and ed jocent to the end tilElBOit, the section 1 has 5 shown in Fig. 4 and thus leaves on opening or aperture as shown at 4-. The section 2 of the pipe which receives 1 the section 1 is, at :1 suitable point adjacentto the end thereof, formed with an aperture l l bent outwardly as l or opening 6, said opening being formed by stamping from the pipe a. lug

and leading from the opening 6 to the pipe section 2 is :1 narrow slot 5 opening onto the adjacent edge of the pipe section. The slot and the P} t3lllllg (J in the pipe section 2 are adapted tor the reception of the lug 3 on the pipe section it.

FY0111 the description, the construction and manner of employing my invention will be readily apparent. ilfrior to eoni'iecting the sections the lugs are bent at an angle relatire to the pipe sections and the section 1 l has its end then inserted within the section l 2, so that the upright, tug of the section 1 passes along the relative]y narrow slot 5 to the opening 6 thereof. The pipe section 1 is l then given :1 slight twist to Barry the log of I the section 1 across the opening 6. The lug I 3 on the section 1 is then bent: back onto the section 2, while the lug T oi the section. 2 is moved into the opening 6 of the respective section and over the opening at of th .section 1 so tha t a secure lock joint is torn'ied.

lit: will he noted that;- I. have provided an eXeeedin el simple yet e'llioient term of lock which will hold the two sections of pipe firmly ogetiher and which wiil obviate the {necessity of en'ipli'iying rivets or the like, l thereby not only avoiding the expenditure i of time in connection with the pipe but also dispensing" with the enr 'iloyinent oi two or i more persons to rivet. the sections. By l means of my invention, :1, number of sections Iinuy he joined, and these sections may he of 1 any ("lniruoter such as straight, elbow or the I like. .linringdes rihed the invention,Iclaim:-- i in eoinhination, two pipe sections hovin 5 their adjacent ends teleseopetl, one of said t sections heingg formed adjacent; to one end f with :in opening, and a lug on one side of 1 the opening); and the other section having :lorined in its adjacent end an opening with :2 lug on one side ol the opening, and :t ionl gitndinal slot ieattling from the said opening and lug to the adjacent end of the section, I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature the log on the first section projecting in presence of two Witnesses. through the opening in the second section and bent back onto said section, and the lug 5 on the second section being bent into the Witnesses:

opening in said section and closing the open- CHAS. E. DAvls, ing in the first'section. J. L. BRUMMERSTEDT.

ALBERT 0. SMITH. 

